How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

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How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

10 January 2023, 19:55:46

Hi all,

during the last year, I migrated a few machines I take care of from Gentoo to Artix, obviously using OpenRC. For some packages, the corresponding -openrc package was missing (and also some other software), and thus I simply created the respective packages.

I put them into a git repo, to be found on https://gitlab.com/l3u/artix-packages . As of now, I created openrc init packages for msmtp, quassel-core, tftp-hpa and smartmontools.

Is there a way I can contribute those to Artix? I really love it and would like to support you guys and make Artix better!

The other packages I created are maybe already present in AUR or whatever, but I thought it would be easier for me to adapt Gentoo's respective ebuild to add that stuff than to mess with "external" package repositories. However, the OpenRC ones may be useful I hope.

Re: How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

Reply #1 – 11 January 2023, 19:56:36

The de facto standard for non-repo packages is the AUR. A well-written PKGBUILD may be packaged later in our repos by a packager.

Re: How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

Reply #2 – 12 January 2023, 17:23:05

Ah okay, so I think I'll have to investigate how I can contribute some packages to AUR.

Is the AUR actually the right place for OpenRC init script packages? I thought this was only "Arch stuff", and as Arch has only Systemd, I would not have expected that …

Re: How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

Reply #3 – 12 January 2023, 17:43:44

AUR has openrc packages, they are just unsupported by Arch

Re: How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

Reply #4 – 12 January 2023, 17:52:38

Quote from: l3u – on 12 January 2023, 17:23:05

Is the AUR actually the right place for OpenRC init script packages?

There are also Hyperbola and Parabola , which to my knowledge also use openrc as init and AUR .

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Arch-based_distributions

Re: How can I contribute OpenRC init script packages

Reply #5 – 13 January 2023, 13:19:46

Okay, thanks for the input!

I pushed all the packages I created until now to the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?K=doc_l3u&SeB=m (except for brscan3 and brgenml1, those did already exist).